Leticia Romero told the Topeka Capital-Journal that she wants out since Deb Patterson, who coached the Wildcats for 18 seasons, was fired in March. Romero was a unanimous selection to the Big 12 All-Freshman team and led the Wildcats in scoring (14.2 points per game), rebounding (5.8 rpg) and assists (4.4 apg) last season, and said she chose Kansas State over 60 other scholarship offers.

“The reason I came was because of the coaches,” Romero said. “I would’ve never thought about leaving if none of this would’ve happened.”

Romero said she sent in a request for a release last week, but was denied. She believes she’s being blackmailed.

“They said we wanted to do the same thing they did with Angel (Rodriguez) for the men’s team, and they said that they weren’t going to give me the release this year,” Romero said. “They wanted me to try one year, and in one year if I didn’t like it, they would give me a release.

“I really saw this as blackmail.”

She also doesn’t understand why Kansas State granted recruit McKenna Treece a release from her signed national letter of intent.

“They gave the release to her, which I completely understand. She deserves the release, but I do too,” Romero said. “What’s the difference? Why do we give the release to (one) player and not the other?”

A spokesperson from the athletic department told For The Win they do not like to comment on situations like these, citing student-athlete privacy laws.

Romero plans to fight this decision and will state her case for a transfer before an appeals committee on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

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